The Great American Road Trip. Day 28. South Lake Tahoe, the Past and the Present.

"In the Spring at Lake Tahoe" is a song sung long ago, when Tahoe was a bit of a secret, set aside for those who were in the know (and had money).  

A time when social media was a black and white picture and a story, and this tune stuck in your head.

🎜There is an Indian legend of a lake of azure blue,

It nestles deep within the heart of mountains clad in snow...🎝

If the people that were hanging out here in Tahoe, during the Great Gatsby era, were to see what Tahoe looks like now, I am certain they would not be able to believe their eyes.

Today we visited the Tallac Historic Site in South Lake Tahoe, starting at Dextra Baldwin's granddaughter's cabin.  Her grandfather, "Lucky" Baldwin, bought this property in the 1800s and ran a popular summer resort and casino, the Tallac House.

The Tallac House is a beautiful 10,000 square feet cabin, preserved to appear as it did in its heyday.  Check out the hinges on this door.

The kitchens (there are two right next to each other) are impressive, to say the least.

There is a small collection of cars out front.

The one Eric is in was used for hotel guests to be carted around.

Looking good, old sport!

We focused on the Baldwin buildings on this trip, so there is more to see when we return on another time.

We reconvened at the Haerr cabin before heading off to the free concert at the lake (a regular Thursday event).  

Everyone is looking forward to it.  

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Like I said, if people a hundred years ago were to see Tahoe today, with their multistory hammock hotels, I think they would be frightened. 

I shouldn't say too much about Tahoe today.  

I know I am glad to be here, just like every other old sport!